..., the commonly used Goodman and Bray's analytical method is shown adaptable to a toppling slope model with a simple sliding surface without cohesion and tensile strengths in the discontinuities. It is shown that the deformation of the sliding body has no significant effect on the result. The relationship between...

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... ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Toppling is a mode of failure in rock slopes which has not been discussed until recently in the literature. A large degree of understanding of the process is due to Goodman and Bray (1976) who have suggested three toppling failure classes, together with a kinematic test...

... above) occur. Toppling failure analysis has been attempted by a number of workers, notably Goodman and Bray (1976). An excellent discussion of the mechanics of toppling and a summary of (then) current knowledge on the subject is presented in Hoek and Bray (2nd edition, 1977). In the past, analyses...

... INTRODUCTION ABSTRACT Three case histories of toppling failures of rock slopes, and the methods used to ensure that failure did not disrupt operations below the slope, are described. The application of Goodman and Bray's limit equilibrium analysis of multi-block toppling failures...